The Last Airbender is a 2010 American adventure fantasy film directed by M. Night Shyamalan.[5] It is a live action film adaptation of the first season to the Nickelodeon animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender. The film stars Noah Ringer as Aang, with Nicola Peltz as Katara, Jackson Rathbone as Sokka, and Dev Patel as Prince Zuko. It was produced by Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies.[6] Development for a film began in 2007; it was adapted into a film by M. Night Shyamalan, who also directed and produced. Other producers include Frank Marshall, Kathleen Kennedy, Sam Mercer and Scott Aversano. The series from which it was adapted was influenced by Asian art, mythology and various martial arts[7] fighting styles and was created by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko. Filming began in mid-March 2009, with locations in Greenland and Pennsylvania. The Last Airbender was made for $150 million and marketed with a budget of $130 million, making total costs at least $280 million.[2] Premiering in New York City on June 30, 2010, it opened in the United States the following day, grossing an estimated $16 million.[8][9] The Last Airbender opened in second place at the box office behind The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, and eventually grossed $131 million domestically and $319 million worldwide.[3][4] This was the first Nickelodeon Movies’ live-action film to be based on a Nicktoon, since The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie was based on an animated sitcom, SpongeBob SquarePants in 2004. The film won five Golden Raspberry Awards including Worst Picture in 2011.[10